• North Coast Music Festival 2015 Lineup: D'Angelo, The Chemical Brothers, Porter Robinson Headline

    Chicago's Labor Day music festival, Northcoast Music Festival has announced its 2015 lineup. You probably thought you were out of the woods for artist announcements for the summer, but they just keep on coming. The three-day event will be headlined by The Chemical Brothers, who are heading on tour in support of their upcoming album Born In The Echoes, D'Angelo and The Vanguard, Porter Robinson, Wale, Steve Aoki and others.
  • Nelly Recording Country Music EP Titled 'Heartland'

    Although he released Country Grammar fifteen years ago, Nelly is now prepping the release of a proper country record. The rapper's new manager J. Erving of Atom Factory delivered the news earlier this week in an interview with Billboard, revealing the title to be Heartland.
  • The Game Has Been Rapping The Same Freestyle For Five Years

    The art of freestyling has been diluted in recent years. Artists are reciting pre-rehearsed verses that may appear on future tracks or released freestyles, using aids like iPhones to read off bars or even using unreleased material to pass off as a freestyle. Even with this noted dilution, it is still expected for rappers to make appearances and freestyle on radio shows or at random public appearances and be prepared to spit 16 bars off of the top of their head. One of the mid 2000s most successful rappers, The Game has been put in that situation many times over his career and in recent years, some of his freestyles have been on camera and uploaded to the web. An enterprising individual or fan on reddit went through a bunch of his recent freestyles and noticed one disturbing trend - Game has been rapping the same one over the past five years.
  • Rakim Gives Props To J. Cole & Kendrick Lamar, Announces Upcoming New Album [WATCH]

    Hip-hop legend Rakim has been cited by countless artists today as a major inspiration, but The God MC also has love for the younger artists. Speaking to Montreality spoke about the newest generation of hip-hop superstars, in particular, J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar. He praised both rappers and said he was grateful for what they are adding to the hip-hop game.
  • Migos Delay Yung Rich Nation Tour With OG Maco After Recent Arrests

    In light of recent circumstances, that landed the Atlanta rap trio behind bars where Offset is presumably still, Migos have been forced to delay their upcoming Yung Rich Nation tour across the United States. Originally slated to begin this Friday on May 1 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the trio have postponed the tour until July according to a recent statement sent out by email. OG Maco was scheduled to go on tour with them. It is unclear whether or not he will still be able to do a full July with the trio if there are scheduling conflicts.